A joint workgroup by financial sector regulators could be put in place to tackle
issues around cryptocurrencies and ICOs.»
So what are the latest
issues around cryptocurrencies?
In response to recent media reports that ATO has set up a new taskforce to examine tax
issues around cryptocurrencies, FinTech Australia has posted a response.
The U.K. Treasury Committee has today announced that it will conduct an investigation into
issues around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
The U.K. Treasury has today announced that it will conduct an inquiry into
issues around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
Not exact matches
While the SEC has
issued subpoenas and information requests
around initial coin offerings, lawyers and analysts who spoke with CNBC Wednesday generally did not expect an immediate, broad crackdown on
cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S.
The bank official described state -
issued cryptocurrency as another possible solution to this problem, opining that, «Central banks
around the world are examining (the use of digital currencies) so we should as well.»
This included everything, from old - school telecom privacy and copyright
issues, and then, increasingly, it became about emerging technology
issues around 3D - printers, drones, the sharing economy, and also
cryptocurrency.»
«There is a need for regulators to devise a common approach towards handling
issues revolving
around cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
The comment indicates the government is moving to clear the recent confusion
around cryptocurrency regulation in South Korea, mainly created by conflicting comments
issued by different government bodies.
Elsewhere in the announcement, the central bank said it will also review a regulatory framework
around cryptocurrencies that will primarily focus on
issues of anti-money laundering, tax compliance, settlement risks and capital exchange control.
Coinbase has been dogged by platform
issues amid a period of notable price volatility
around bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies, a state of affairs that has grown more apparent as the startup's trading footprint grows.
Revealed in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the U.N. program tasked with providing assistance to children
around the globe, said this week it would be open to exploring how it could
issue custom
cryptocurrencies, either to further its mission or the goals of its partners.
Today there's a lot of hype
around Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), a new form of crowdfunding that enables companies to
issue their own
cryptocurrency that can
Cryptocurrency is having a tough time lately, with extreme volatility in its value and issues around fraud and abuse in cryptocurrency exchanges given it a bad name and causing governments and private organizations to take steps to lim
Cryptocurrency is having a tough time lately, with extreme volatility in its value and
issues around fraud and abuse in
cryptocurrency exchanges given it a bad name and causing governments and private organizations to take steps to lim
cryptocurrency exchanges given it a bad name and causing governments and private organizations to take steps to limit its impact.
Kimchi Socks
issue a new design — bitcoin socks — to promote the
cryptocurrency around the world.
The law will give fintech companies greater regulatory certainty
around issues such as crowdfunding, payment methods and rules surrounding
cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
As Reuters explains, the new landscape «will give fintech companies greater regulatory certainty
around issues such as crowdfunding, payment methods and rules surrounding
cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.»
Reports of unauthorized sells on
cryptocurrency exchange Binance and technical
issues at
cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX have also added to bearish pressure
around BTC.
Issues around security, possible technology obsolescence and the confusing amount of options have all added to these
cryptocurrencies being viewed as a poor store of value — for now.
The
issues revolving
around ASICs have come to the forefront of the
cryptocurrency community following the revelation of Bitmain's CryptoNight miners.
In the USA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has
issued a number of statements regarding the risks
around cryptocurrencies, exchange platforms and Initial Coin Offerings as well as stopping a few Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) in their tracks.
While the FSS - led taskforce set the nation's first official rules
around cryptocurrency trading on December 13, 2017, uncertainty
around issues of taxation and regulation of the exchanges remained.
Although no specific measures were announced, there is widespread acknowledgement that international cooperation is going to be needed on the
issue sooner or later, and some consensus is building
around how the world's biggest economies should treat
cryptocurrencies and blockchain.